Ep. 5: Libraries: How Brewers' Lobby Tried to Stop the Spread of Knowledge

Hello friends,

In this episode, we explore a wonderful book called The Library: A Fragile History written by Arthur der Weduwen and Andrew Pettegree. In one of the chapters, they mention a powerful brewers’ lobby that tried to stop the expansion of public libraries in England. (This is back in the 19th century)

Why would companies that make money on selling beer be against books?

💭 Interesting links

• You can get this wonderful book here.

• This wonderful documentary on The National Library of France

• I wrote about my grandfather’s library. (One of my favourite pieces)

• Weird ASMR video of a library by Victoria & Albert Museum in London

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